Faces of the month - October 2010

At the end of every month, I (Kevin) will attempt to post some the month's collection of pictures of Caleb with my favourite one right at the bottom.

Let us know which is your favourite and why. :)

 

 

 

 



  

 



Kevin's Favourite of the Month!



This picture was taken a few hours after his birth and it portrays a very peaceful sleep in the midst of a choatic world. Also cos its the first few hours since I got ot see him 'live' in person. *hugs* for his cuteness! :)



 



Simply amazing but weird!

This baby does the weirdest things (so far)!

This morning on a routine diaper change he did a #2 which was so powerful it shot through his room! (see photo below) Simply AMAZING! O.o"

Liquid poo shot 3 square tiles away from his change table!

He also has this candid liking of tilting his head upwatrds (see photo below). Simply WEIRD! O.o"

What you looking at baby?

The Mid-Wife from Down Under!

Grand-Aunty Lai Wah (was a midwife) came to visit us today. She took care of Papa and Mama when they were students in Adelaide. Nice of her to come by to see us. :)

Grand Aunty Lai Wah

I Felt Helpless...

Caleb had jaundice (7.8) so had to undergo photo-therapy to bring it down. As Fannie and I were eager to bring Caleb home we opted for the DIY-machine which cost us $150 to rent over Dr Simon's advice to admit him for a 3D2N in-house treatment. We thought we could follow the instructions and work at it from home. We were wrong!

We failed to put it to good use and often not succeeding in having poor Caleb under the machine long enough. (10-15hrs a day!) It was hard work and it made everyone so misearble hearing him cry all through the therapy.

Went back for review on Saturday (9th Oct) but the jaundice level went up (13.3) which was way unacceptable so Dr Simon insisted Caleb be admitted to stay 3D2N (9-11 Oct) for in-house treatment. Fannie and I reluctantly admitted him again for the therapy and had to go home without Caleb.

I broke down thinking how helpless I was as a father; unable to do anything to keep Caleb at home. I felt as though our baby was being taken away from us and there was nothing I could do about it. But we knew it was for the better and we were able to catch up on some much needed rest while Caleb was in the hospital.

At lest we were able to go see him when we went to deliver some expressed milk to him. :') Thankfully he got better after the treatment and was able to come home with us again.

We went to visit Caleb in the hospital while delivering some expressed milk

Note to self: Listen to the Dr's advice and leave baby in the safe hands of the professionals.

Future Playmate in the House!

Uncle Kenneth and Aunty Suyin brought Gor Gor Brian to come see us today. It was my first time meeting Aunty Suyin as she was overseas when I was born. They were so excited to see me! :) I feel loved and secure in the caring arms of Uncle Kenneth in this picture. But I wonder why Doraemon is camera shy? Anyway, I can't wait for the day where I'll be running around with Gor Gor Brian. But for now, I'll stay in the comfort of adults' arms. Heh.



Uncle Kenneth, Aunty Suyin, Gor Gor Brian, Doraemon and Me



The Introduction...

Hello World!

This is me...

Caleb Goh Jia Le

well at least this was what I looked like when I first came out of Mummy's womb and into the world...

and this is my 'score card'..



Many came to see me as they were excited to hear of my arrival. These were some of the people who came to visit my parents and to see me in the hospital:

   

Uncle Richard, Aunty Sylvy and Uncle Joe



Aunty Fion



Aunty Amy and Aunty Elizabeth







What's in a name...

I had the awesome privilege to name baby today, officially.

Went down to the admin office to register baby. It was a simple process really, but it was very special.

The admin lady asked me if the name and Chinese characters were correct. It was as though I was God and I was giving this new life a name. I mean, baby didn't have a choice, it was his parents that gave him his name. And so we named him Caleb. After the bible character who had faith to believe that God was bigger than the giants of the land despite 10 others who saw otherwise. We pray that baby would have the same kind of unwaivering faith to believe that God is bigger than... and his Chinese name would bear the same sound like the bible name albeit with his own meaning "Jia(1) Le(4)" which stands for the "Joy of the Family".

Announcing, the proud arrival of Caleb Goh Jia Le into the family. :)

The miracle of child birth...

And so we are parents.. its still rather surreal to think that we have a little one in the family.. another addition to the Goh family.. what's most amazing is the sheer timing of it all. Still can't forget when we first went to a GP to confirm the pregnancy and the Doctor said the EDD was 3rd Oct 2010! That happened to be my last day of work at MCYS! Well it was close but the cool thing about it was that I JUST returned my laptop to HR on 4th Oct and was gearing and ready for baby's arrival. And sure enough, God decided he was ready to come out to meet us the very next day. Shall attempt to log our adventure to the delivery ward till baby's arrival from my point of view...

Was told to 'check in' at 9am to be preped by the nurses. This was the ward that we were in...

Amazing thing was that when Doctor Poon checked Fannie, she was already 4cm dilated! (She didn't even feel anything!?) Praise God for the Doctor said it was a good sign cos it menat he didn't need to induce. So the waiting game began. I thought Fannie was sleeping when she was quiet so I kept wanting to wake her up to let her listen to Kai Jin's encouragements. Turns out she was actually feeling the contractions at that time and was trying to be still/quiet for those moments. *oops!*

It was only till about 4pm that the Dr came to check again that Fannie indicated she was ready (feeling like pushing). So it all happened rather quickly and Fannie was assisted into position. 2 midwives came and helped and I was there together holding onto her. Could see that she was really pushing very hard and I could also see progress as baby's head came out slowly! It was only when Dr suggested to use the vaccuum thingy that baby came out a lot faster. All in all I think the labour period took about 35-45mins. It was just amazing seeing the whole baby come out of Fannie! *whoosh!* Such an amazing experience! I was then allowed to cut the ambilical cord *coolness*. They quickly wrapped baby and weighed and measured him. They also counted his fingers and toes and put him to Fannie. Here are some of the pictures from the hospital.

Our First Family Picture

Baby and Fannie

Wrapped up right after delivery

 

 

 

And so it came to pass, at 1634H, 5th October 2010, baby was born to us! Here are some of the hospital pictures taken while in the hospital. :)

The MIRACLE